Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 34, Number 162, Decatur, Adams County, 9 July 1936 — Page 1

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J'lE WWE RS' (AD foresees ■OOSEVELT AID E„ L. Lewis Predicts labor Will Flock To Democrats Ihlngton. July !F-(UP)-John j W prudent of the United LI Workers of America, predictK- the White House today that: L-ltenipt to organize workers in i BL, industry will have political. favorable to the New the president that "an un-Hi-vd mass movement" of labor ■Ling over to the Democratic Sards as a result of opposition ■,„ steel companies to the or- ( ■atlon attempt of Lewis’ comK for industrial organization. HE. is, chairman of the C. I. 0., de-. ■however, that he had troubled ■ Roosevelt with the interna! ■ in the rank of organized la- ■ exemplified in the oontro- ■ between the American Fed■,n of Labor and the „ver craft and industrial tinLewis said he did not LX t he A. F. of L.—C. I. O. con- i ■ rs v of sufficient importance to taking it up with the president was of paramount signifie- ■ in the A. F. of L. executive ■cil meeting, which wae report■eighing drastic proposals for. ■ g the United Mine Workers ■rship of a rebellion in labor ■1 and agreed to make every I effort to close the breach, ■wis' visit to the white house so soon after Green's ■srence with the President that of hie closest advisers were | of the conference a short before it started. [•■re was no indication as to | Lewis would discuss the station controversy or the threat in the steel industry. OK PAGE SEVEN) ILL INSTALL ISMD SYSTEM ■werful Reproducing ■ystem Here For CenI tennial Week ■ie of the outstanding features " Decatur Centennial will be ■ installation of a powerful' Bead reproducing system in the B of the Decatur court house. B" system planned will conS of a control panel ineorporat-' Ma total of 300 wafts of class M power amplification, together ■> a battery of 12 to 15 giant f mounted in the upper-' part of the court house tow ) B It is estimated that this sysB will cover an area of at least ■ and a quarter miles. programs, consisting of B 1 fidelity recordings, will be through this system day throughout the Centencelebration. Special arrange-’ are also being made with telephone company to broadthe pageant and various re- : activities throtigh the loud Hikers, which will be mounted ■he court house so that it will for those who are not to clearly hear and the entire program. important duty has been to the Electro Acoustic ■«fts Company, a subsidiary of ■Magnavox Company, Fort BJ' I '' who installed the main ■ " address system used ■»ghout the grounds of “A Cen- : ■ Progress" held in Chicago ■7 the years 1933 and 1934, ■ , was the largest and most centralized sound sysB.? Vfr t 0 ,)p 'Stalled in this B” try or elsewhere. B'. mother company. The Magfl company, as many wiu re . flL,”* * hp inve ntors of the ■ oixr > P " ni ' l>al lor lnud s P e al<■iniiHd"’ 11 ' and the Byßtem has Here thi ° evelop to point rKan »zatfon is doing a S’ PAGE I SEVEN) ■* Hold Archbold | Reunion July 19 Bfia^i, I ,’,' 01 ,'' reunion w iH be held fl. Leota n 9 at the resi <ience of KP m T' W T east of the city at fl ArchJu deecPnda '”« of Tho■'Pfilds " as9en ible at the flh Wf . st of n ’ PtPry three miles ■ memorial /T Ur and dedicatG ■ Olu,i °aary soli 38 ArchboW ’ flint, of w . ldlPr ’ under the dirg w - J. Archbold.

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Planning To Attend Luncheon Tuesday All members of the Centennial committees who are planning to attend the royal luncheon in Fort Wayne Tuesday night, must have \ their names in the hands of Mias jCorolene Townsend at the Centenn!aJ office Saturday night. Those able ( to furnish transportation for mem- | bers of the royal party are also asked to give their names to Miss Townsend. Call 166 to give the information. SIX BUILDING I SITES PROPOSED Open Bids For Berne Post Office Sites Monday Morning Bids for the site for Berne's new federal post office building will be opened at 9 o'clock Monday morning in the office of Mrs. Rena Zehr, local postmaster. Mrs. Zehr stated today that a site agent would arrive within a short time and that action on the construction of the new building would 'be hurried. At least six sites have been propose*. Arthur Wittwer of Fort Wayne was here in interest of the Wittwer site on West Maine street where the O. K. Grocery and I Lunch is located. This tract is 1 132-132 feet and is located directi ly south of the Auditorium. It was stated that a petition will be drawn to have the Federal building located there. The U. S. government in their legal advertisement says that the approximate dimensions of the lot should be as follows: Corner lots, 105 foot frontage, 180 foot depth. Interior lots, 130 foot frontage, 180 foot depth. Sites having different street frontage dimensions will be considered, provided the area is approximately the same. A second site proposed is that of the Simison heirs property and the Jacobs property on North Jefferson street, north of the Berne Witness block. That site is 132 x '132 feet. The third site that will be entered is the Berne Hardware-Doyt McCrory property on Franklin street, directly north of the Evangelical church and facing Jefferson street. This would be an Ilshaped site unless the Drs. Jones office would be removed. The Peoples State Bank building is another site that will be offered to the government. It is located on the corner of Main and Jefferson street and is 22x132 set. The Andrew Gottschalk property on Main street with a 66x132 di- ’ mension on the south and an 88%x 132 feet dimension at the nor/i is another site proposed. Sixth, the Berne Hardware building and the Schugg Mettler building on Main street. — o Death Funeral Rites Held This Afternoon Funeral services for Clifford Death, 74, who was found dead near ' LLs home at Bobo late Tuesday afternoon, were held this afternoon with Rev. Bailer officiating. Burial at 2 o’clock at the home in Bobo was made in the Mt. Tabor cemetery. MINISTERS TO MEET MONDAY County Ministerial Association To Meet In Decatur Monday The Adams county ministerial association will hold its regular bi-monthly meeting Monday, July 13 at the Baptist church in Decatur. The meeting will open at 9:30 a. m. Business and reports will be in charge of the president. Rev. C. H. Suckau of Berne. The devotional part of the service will be in charge of Rev. David Grether, pastor of the Magley Reformed church. The address of the forenoon will be given by Rev. M. O. HdTman, pastor iof Trinity Evangelical church of Berne. Rev. Herman has announced a subject that will be of interest and profit to every memI ber of the association. He will speak on “The Mood of the Minister.” l?very minister of the county is urged to be present. It is expected that plane for the county mass meeting to be held in connection with the Centennial celebration will be completed at this meeting. A speaker of note will be engaged to address the great convocation of Protestant churches on that occasion. Announcement of full details will be made later.

WHEAT FARMED OF SOUTHWEST REAPS BENEFIT Record High Price For W heat To Result From Drought (Editor's note: The year 1936 promises to become one of the' most disastrous drought years in the history of American agriculture. Particularly hard hit and facing financial ruin are the wheat farmers of the northwest. Seeking to learn just what the year's wheat harvest will mean in dollars and ! cents to agriculture, the United Press consulted market experts whose statistics are the basis for the following article): By Joe Morgan (Copyright 1936 by UP.) Chicago, July 9.— (U.R) — Even with many thousand acres of his crop killed by drought, heat, and insects, the American farmer stands to receive approximately $603,000,000 for his 1936 wheat crop—and that is more than the nation’s wheat has returned in any year since 1929. Grain statisticians reported today that a record high price per bushel would pay farmers the biggest dividends on their wheat in seven years despite the fact that crop-killing weather conditions have cut the prospective yield far btlo wthe “bumper’ 'harvests of the past. Market experts estimated the farm value of this year's crop by multiplying the prospective 600,000,000 bushel yield, indicated this week in an announcement by President Roosevelt, by the price of the December wheat future, less handling charges, on the Chicago board of trade. The computation revealed a prospective dollars and cents return to the farmer of $603,000,000 as compared with the $569,000,000 the (CONTINUED ON PAGE SEVEN) o FIRST PAGEANT MEETING HELD Members Os Centennial Pageant Cast Hold First Meeting The historical ipageant was offii daily launched Wednesday night as more than 250 enthusiastic persons assembled in the Decatur Catholic auditorium to meet the director, Gerald Novak, members of the pageant and talent committees and others associated in the biggest free attraction of the Centennial celebrai tion. Members of the talent commit-1 tee expressed their pleasure and gratitude today towards the persons who braved the tropic weather and overlooked other events to assist the committee Tuesday. A schedule of rehearsals was out-; lined by the directors. These will be published each evening in the Decatur Democrat. It was announced today that the t ageant is being re-written to shorten the time necessary for the presentation of the show. As now written it would last two or two and a half hours. The committee believes this will be too 'ong in view of the! fact that most of the people will be tired after spending a day on the midway viewing the other attrac-i tions. For this reason the committee plans to cut the time of the pageant ■ to an hour and a half. Tho revision will probably be completed this week. The leading characters will be selected next week when the pageant script is Linished. Mr. Novak has announced that not more than eight practices wi’l be needed for any one group. As now planned the children will rehearse during the day and the adults at night. The talent committee announced ( today that preferences will be given Ito those who request, the remain- ! :ng parts in the pageant. A number of available persons have not been nominated as talent by the various organizations in the city. Those wishing parts are requested to contact Mrs. Chalmer Porter, chairman of the ta’ent committee, or any other members of the committee. —— o Francis Costello Reported Improved The condition of Francis "Pat" Costello, who is a patient at the Adams county memorial hospital, was reported to' be improved today but no visitors are admitted.

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Decatur, Indiana, Thursday, July 9, 1936.

Speaks Tonight '■ 1* J J® W v IMkM I French Quinn, local historian and attorney, will speak over radio station WO WO tonight on Decatur's Centennial program. The broadcast, of 30 minutes duration, will start at 8 o'clock, central standard time. This is the first in if series of four weekly broadcasts. ROBERT BROWN DIES SUDDENLY Dies At Home Near Decatur Early Today Os Heart Attack Robert Edward Brown, 45. lifelong resident of Adams county, died suddenly at 2 o’clook this morning at h-is home, one mile east of Decatur. Death was due to heart trouble. Mr. Brown ha<j not been ill previous to his death. He had vieited with neighbors Wednesday evening and was in his usual good ’ health. He suffered a heart attack shortly before 2 o'clock this morning and did not regain consciousness. Mr. Brown engaged in farming. > He and his family had moved to a farm near Decatur from Monroe ‘ early in March. He was a member i of the Winchester United Brethren church. He was born in Peterson on Sep-; tember 19, 1890, a son of Robert and | Katheryn Brown. He was united in j marriage to Bessie Lobeiger of' Monroe, who survives. SUfvivons lpc.|ide, besidq> the j widow, the mother, Mrs. Katheryn j Brown of Midland, Michigan; two | children, Harry McGee and Dixie Joan, at home; two eisters, Mrs. I Sam Deihl of Decatur, Mrs. Lucy! Miller of Gary, a brother, John | i Brown of Bay City, Michigan; two half-brothers, Oscar Brown of De-1 catur; James Brown of Peterson; two half sisters, Mrs. Lizzie McGill of Decatur, and Mns. K. Lenhart of Jackson, Michigan, and three step sisters. Tena, Bessie and Pearl of l Midland. Michigan. Two children i are deceased. Funeral services will be he’d SatI urday afternoon at 1 o’clock at the home east of Decatur, and at 21 o'clock at the Winchester United: Brethren church with Rev. George : Sill of Roqkford, Ohio, officiating, j Burial will be made in the Ray i cemetery at Monroe. The body will be returned to the ■ home from the S. E. Black funeral | home this evening and may be viewed after 7 o’clock. o WEATHER Generally fair tonight and f Friday except local thunder- ( showers northeast this afternoon or tonight; Warmer extreme northwest beginning late tonight.

Important Notice To Advertisers-- ■ I Only a short time remains for advertisers to place their advertisement in the Centennial Edition i of the Decatur Daily Democrat This editidn must close within a short time and as several “runs” have already been made, only a limited amount of space remains. Any business firm desiring to carry its message in this special edition is requested to notify the Daily Democrat at once so advertising copy can be prepared. About 7,500 copies will be distributed throughout Adams County. The edition will contain pictures and history of early Decatur and many other interesting features. RESERVE YOUR ADVERTISING SPACE TODAY. CALL PHONE 1000.

LITTLE RELIEF IS PREDICTED IN THIS STATE At Least 10 Persons Are Victims Os Heat In Indiana Indianapolis. Ind., July 9 —(UP) — Unsettled weather conditions, with threatening clouds, today gave Hoosiers only mild relief from a scorching heat wave. A golfer and hie caddy and a dubols county farmer were killed by lightning late yesterday as thunderstorms broke the upward climb of the mercury. Two persons died from heat prostrations in Indianapolis and eight others lost their lives by drowning as they sought relief from the high temperatures in lakes and streams of the state. Numerous other persons were sent to hospitals to recover from prostration as the temperature soared above 100 degrees for the sixth consecutive day. "Continued warm.” was the forecast of the U. 8. weather bureau. No substantial rain is expected for another 36 hours. Oliver F. (Max) Schulz. 26, a professional golfer, and Chester Burns 16, hie caddy, were killed when struck by lightning on the Willowbrook course. Charles C Robinson, playing with Schulz, was shaken by the bolt. Roman Durcholtz, 18, Jasper, was struck and killed by a lightning .bolt as he drove a load of wheat from a fieid on his father's farm. James Paragon. 50. a negro, and George Ream, a city fireman, were heat victims in Indianapolis. Ream was stricken as he fought a grass fire. George Brown, 10, and Charles Slayer, 12, Mishawaka, drowned in St. Joseph river while wading, i Neither could swim. Raymond Stauffer, 22, Fort Wayne, drowned while j (CONTINUED ON PAGE SEVEN) DEATH CLAIMS | ISAAC T. KING — Blue Creek Township | Farmer Dies Wednesday Os Paralysis Isaac T. King, 64-year-old Adams county farmer, and a resident of Blue Creek township for the past 39 yearn, died at bis home at 9:45 o’clock Wednesday night. Death was due to paralysis. Mr. i King had been ill for a number of months and was bedfast for the past two weeks. He was born in Mercer county, Ohio on February 8, 1872. a son of Isaac and Delia King. His marriage to Pearl Dellinger of Mer--1 cer county, Ohio, took place in ; December, 1896. Mrs. King survives. Surviving besides the widow are four children, Iva. Roxie and Lois I King at home, and John King of i St. Mary's township; two broth- ! ers. Henry King of Van Wert, 0., and Sol King of Rockford, Ohio; and three grandchildren, Bernice, Leonard and Junior King. Funeral services will be held Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock from the home and at 2:30 o’clock in the Willshire, Ohio, Methodist Episcopal church, with the Rev. E. E. Bragg officiating. Burial will be made in the Rockford cemetery.

Searing Heat Sweeps East As Death Toll Mounts To 235 In Nation; Little Relief In Sight

UNIQUE DESIGN IS ON EXHIBIT Unique Wall Hanging Is Prepared By Decatur Resident A beautiful and unique wall hanging, designed and executed . by Madge Hite, has been prepared for the Decatur CentenniaJ exhibition. It is now on exhibition in the Pumphrey Jewelry store. Miss Hite prapared the hanging to present an artist’s conception of Decatur on its 100th birthday. A rough grey silk was used for the cloth and indelible oil paints as the colors. Predominating colors are old rose, olive and brown, till of which were commonly used 100 years ago Around the hanging set a border using the three colors. The center of the hanging is filled with free hand drawings symbolic of Decatur. These include an accurate drawing of the peace monument which is the first in America, an American flag and the compass. The compass represents pioneers arriving from all directions to locate in Decatur. Below are pictures of Indians, a covered wagon and the St. Mary’s river. In the third tier is a log cabin, corn and wheat. Corn and wheat were the first products of the county. Below axe drawings of important present day products of the city and county. These are' sugar beets, feed, sugar, soy beans and tile. The seal ot the General Electric company fe also used. There is a drawing symbolic of Decatur, and elephajit rock which ; memorializes Gene Stratton Por-1 ter. There are also several designs | and trees on the hanging. The wall hanging required more than a week of steady work. After the Centennial celebration it will be exhibited permanently some place in Decatur. o Fort Wayne Printing Company Head Dies Fred G. Schwier. 50. general manager of the Fort Wayne printing company, died suddenly Wednesday 1 evening at St. Joseph’s hospital, where he underwent an operation a week ago. Surviving are the widow, four children, a brother and two sisters. Mr. Schwier was well known ) in Decatur, having made many business trips to this city. o Refuse Confirmation Os Dionne Birth Report Callander, Ontario. July 9 —(UP) Persons at the Oliva Dionne home today refused to deny or confirm reports that Mrs. Dionne had given birth to another baby. ASSYRIAN TO LECTURE HERE V. Malik Verda To Speak At Union Service Sunday Night V. Malik Verda, a native of Assyria. wi’l lecture at the union service next Sunday night at the United Brethren church at 7:30 o'clock, sponsored by the Decatur Ministerial association. Appearing in native costume, Verda will speak on “By the Waters of Babylon.” Verda, a native of Assyria, brings to his audience a story full of history, facts and thrills, recorded from his personal experiences from the land of his I birth. Educated in the schools of the near East, Mr. Verda speaks several languages, including Afamic, the language spoken by Christ, Assyrian. Arabic, Spanish, Latin, French and fluent English. He has traveled in 26 different countries. H is a member of the noble family of Maliks, which ruled for five centilries in the hills of Assyria, prior to the World War. No admission will be charged to hear the lecture bu,t there wili be a free will offering. The ministerial association has promised a I thrilling lecture of the Christian I church and Christian tragedy in the near East.

ANDY APPELMAN IN RESTAURANT ; Local Groceryman Purchases West End Restaurant Today Andy Appelman, popular young man of this city, today became the owner of the West End Restaurant . located at 704 Went Monroe street. The restaurant was purchased from Gregg McFarland. Mr. Appelman has been enaged in the grocery business, associated with hie father, George Appelman. H:s father will continue to operate the grocery store under the family name. The restaurant is one of the well known business concerns in the city. It enjoys a wide patronage, both from neighborhood and transit trade. Mr. Appelman will, make a few improvements in the store and intends to increase the lines of merchandise carried. Mr. Appelman is a member of the city council and was associated with his father for eight years in the grocery storb. lie will devote all his time to the restaurant. O : Postpone Meeting To Hear Broadcast The Knights of Pythias has postponed the regular lodge eeesion scheduled tonight, in order that tho members may hear the Decatur broadcast over radio station WOWO tonight at 8 o'clock. A radio has been installed in the lodge home. —o SOIL PAYMENT IS ANNOUNCED Average Rate Os Soil Conserving Payment $12.30 Per Acre The average rate of classl or soil conserving payment for Adams county under the 1936 farm program is $12.30 an acre, according to Homer W. Arnold, county chairman of the program. Mr. Arnold pointed out that the. rate for each farm will depend up-i lon the productivity of the land on ■ the farm and may vary considerably from the average rate for the county. Farms more productive than the average for the county, will receive rates high than the county. Less productive farms will receive lower rates. The county average payment applies only to the diversion of acreage to soil conserving crops or uses from the general soil depleting crops, such as corn, oats, wheat and barley. Different payment rates apply in connection with the production of sugar beets. The maximum acreage upon which farms can receive class I payments is 15 per cent of the gen- | eral soil depleting base acreage for the farm. In most cases, the class I rate for an individual farm will be established by comparing the appraised yield of the farm’s most important soil depleting crop with the average yield of that crop for the entire county. In every case, Mr. Arnold said, only the crop or crops were used which accurately indicate the productivity of the farm as compared with other farms in the county. As an example, suppose corn is the principal soil depleting crop of the farm, and the appraised normal yield of corn for the farm is 30 bushels an acre. Then suppose that the normal average yield for the county is 35 bushels an acre. The productivity of the farm would be 30-35, which is the same as 86 per cent. The rate of the soil conserving payment for the farm, then, would be 86 per cent of the county rate or $10.58. o Suffers Attack Os Heat Exhaustion WilMam Merrymtin, 222 SoNith Second street, an employe of the local General Electric plant, is a patient at the Adams county Memorial hospital suffering from an attack of heat exhaustion. He wae admitted to the hospital Wednesday night. His condition was reported to be improved today.

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■ i Scattered Showers Fail To Bring Relief; Crops In Many States Beyond Saving. IMMENSE DAMAGE (By United Press) Drought at a glance: Heat which has scorched west1 ern and mid-western farmlajid sweeps an far east as the Atlantic seaboard, leavng a toll of 235 deaths. Pennsylvania reports three deaths while Philadelphia swelters under 100 degree temperature at noon. Temperatures and t.;e . (death toll mount hand in hand. Cattle from drought stricken places moved to slaughter houses as farmers run out of feed. Liases . to farmers on livestock and crops axe estimated at more than $200,000,000. Rain promised for (the drought, areas in many instances proved to be only scattered showers of little value in checking destruction. Cloudy ekies bring temperatures momentarily lower in sections. Government emergency agencies, spurred by President Roosevelt, push distribution of relief funds to 1.000.000 destitute farmers. More than 200,000 impoverished farm families will be eared -for immediately through WPA ' fobs, rosertitlfement administration rehabilitation loans, livestock loans and direct relief grants. Food prices began to increase, ' with an imminent threat of a sharp sky-rocketing in cost of foodstuffs. Another Sizzler Chicago. July 9 — <U.R> — The great mid-American drought ba<sin baked again today under a blazing sun, relieved only by tantalizing showers and sultry clouds in scattered sections. "There is no material change | today in the entire central states district,” Forecaster J. R. Lloyd of the Chicago weather bureau , reported. "It’s another sizzler.” Deaths attributed to the weather mounted to at least 235 as tho heat wave moved across the prairie states to the east. Conservative estimates placed the property damage at more than $200,000,000. "The clouds over northern Indiana and Illinois are moving north and will be dissipated before go- ! ing very far,” Lloyd said. “It is not quite so hot in North Dakota and northwestern Minnesota today but the rest of the drought district has no relief in sight.” Hot winds wilted already withered crops in South Dakota, Montana, most of Minnesota. lowa, Nebraska, and southern Illinois and Indiana. Local showers were forecast for northern Minnesota and the northwest portions of Wisconsin (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) 0 LOCAL LADY'S MOTHER DIES Mrs. Eleanor Herron Dies Thursday At Kalamazoo, Mich. Mrs. Eleanor 'lsabel Herron. 79, mother of Mrs. Harley Roop of thi-s city, died Thursday evening at 6:30 o’clock at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Olive Twigg in Kalamazoo. Michigan. Mrs. Herron’s death resulted from a 'broken hip which she received on June 2. She was born in Springfield, Illinois May 15, 1857. a daughter of David and Elizabeth Chaney. She spent her early life east of Bryant. She was married twice. Her first marriage was to George Butcher, who preceded her in death in 1902. Twelve children were born to thin union. Her second marriage was to Ernest Herron. Surviving are seven children: 1 David Butcher and Mrs. Lucy Dynen of Mendon Michigan; Edward ot Kalamazoo, Michigan; Jerry of Seattle. Washington; Ottis of Mendon, Michigan; Mns. Goldie Roop. Decatur, and Mrs. Olive Twigg of Kalamazoo, Michigan. One brother, Samuel Shancy of Polksvil’e, Michigan, also survives. The body will arrive in Decatur from Kalamazoo at noon Friday and (CONTINUED ON PAGE? SEVEN).